Clay v. State

Scott, Justice.

The plaintiff in error, defendant below, was charged, tried and found guilty of the crime of murder in the first degree and sentenced to suffer the extreme penalty of the law.

From the record it appears that George Gerber, the decedent, was and had been for some time prior to the homicide engaged in keeping a store on Front street in the City of *56Laramie. That he did not deposit his money in bank, but was supposed to keep it in the store, and it was generally known that he kept considerable money in coin and currency in a cigar box behind the counter and from which he made change…